Olympics
- 2000 (Sydney): Karnam Malleswari won the Bronze medal.
- 2020 (Tokyo): Mirabai Chanu won the Silver medal.
Commonwealth Games
- 1990 (Auckland): India won 5 medals (3 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze).
- 1994 (Victoria): India won 18 medals (7 Gold, 7 Silver, 4 Bronze).
- 1998 (Kuala Lumpur): India won 22 medals (7 Gold, 7 Silver, 8 Bronze).
- 2002 (Manchester): India won 27 medals (11 Gold, 7 Silver, 9 Bronze).
- 2006 (Melbourne): India won 11 medals (3 Gold, 5 Silver, 3 Bronze).
- 2010 (New Delhi): India won 8 medals (2 Gold, 2 Silver, 4 Bronze).
- 2014 (Glasgow): India won 14 medals (3 Gold, 5 Silver, 6 Bronze).
- 2018 (Gold Coast): India won 9 medals (5 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze).
- 2022 (Birmingham): India won 10 medals (3 Gold, 3 Silver, 4 Bronze).
Asian Games
- 1951 (New Delhi): India won 2 Silver medals.
- 1982 (New Delhi): India won 3 Bronze medals.
- 1990 (Beijing): India won 1 Bronze medal.
- 1998 (Bangkok): Karnam Malleswari won the Silver medal.
- 2014 (Incheon): Satish Sivalingam won the Gold medal.
- 2018 (Jakarta): Mirabai Chanu won the Gold medal, and other Indian lifters won 1 Silver and 2 Bronze medals.
World Weightlifting Championships
- 1993: Kunjarani Devi won 3 Silver medals.
- 1994: Kunjarani Devi won 2 Silver and 1 Bronze medal.
- 1995: Kunjarani Devi won 1 Silver and 2 Bronze medals.
- 1996: Kunjarani Devi won 2 Bronze medals.
- 1997: Kunjarani Devi won 3 Silver medals.
- 2017: Mirabai Chanu won the Gold medal.
- 2019: Mirabai Chanu won the Bronze medal.